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Pete Seeger - Keep Your Eyes On The Prize Chords

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Keep Your Eyes On The Prize Chords

(ver. 1)
Pete Seeger
Verse 1:

Am
Paul and Silas bound in jail

Had no money for to go their bail

Chorus:
          Dm7         Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
     Am
Hold on! Hold on!

Verse 2:
Am
Paul and Silas thought they was lost

Dungeon shook and the chains come off

Chorus:
          Dm7         Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
     Am
Hold on! Hold on!

Verse 3:
Am
Freedom's name is mighty sweet

And soon we're gonna meet

Chorus:
          Dm7         Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
         Am
Hold on! Hold on!

Verse 4:
Am
I got my hand on the gospel plow

Won't take nothing for my journey now

Chorus:
          Dm7         Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
     Am
Hold on! Hold on!

Chorus:
           Dm7        Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
     Am
Hold on!

Verse 5:
Am
Only chain that a man can stand

Is that chain o' hand on hand

Chorus:
          Dm7         Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
     Am
Hold on! Hold on!

Verse 6:
Am
I'm gonna board that big greyhound

Carry the love from town to town
Chorus:
          Dm7         Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
     Am
Hold on! Hold on!

Chorus:
            Dm7          Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
        Am
Hold on! Hold on!


Verse 7:
Am
Now only thing I did was wrong

Stayin' in the wilderness too long


Chorus:
          Dm7         Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
     Am
Hold on! Hold on!

Verse 8:
Am
The only thing we did was right

Was the day we started to fight

Chorus:
          Dm7         Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
        Am
Hold on! Hold on!

Chorus:
            Dm7          Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
     Am
Hold on!

Verse (7 repeat):
Am
The only thing we did was wrong

Staying in the wilderness too long

Chorus:
          Dm7         Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
     Am
Hold on! Hold on!

Verse (8 repeat):
Am
The only thing we did was right

Was the day we started to fight

Chorus:
          Dm7         Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
     Am
Hold on! Hold on!

Chorus:
          Dm7         Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
     Am
Hold on!


Verse 9:
Am
Ain't been to heaven but I been told

Streets up there are paved with gold

Chorus:
          Dm7         Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
     Am
Hold on! Hold on!

Chorus:
          Dm7         Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
     Am
Hold on!
            
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